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Illinois Site Files

Archaeological site files maintained by the Illinois State Museum (ISM)

Project Abstract

This dataset within the Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA) represents archaeological site definitions in the state of Illinois, United States of America. The source data are provided as a public service by the Illinois State Museum (ISM), where they are used to help record cultural resources and ascertain compliance with federal, state, and local statutes regarding the protection of those resources. The representation of these source data in DINAA is limited to definitions of archaeological cultures, site use types, diagnostic artifacts, and fields related to the quality of information preservation at each site. The source data maintained by the ISM contain many other elements that are not present in DINAA, including those that may be improper for Web-publication such as precise location coordinates. As such, DINAA data are not suitable for records checks or other activities to demonstrate compliance with federal, state, or local regulations. DINAA data are useful for recognizing trends among archaeological site characteristics in various spatial and temporal combinations, for research and educational purposes. Any user who wishes to investigate the source data in detail for legal compliance or research purposes, or wishes to learn more about the important work of archaeological preservation in Illinois, should contact the ISM directly.

Browsing the Data

The DINAA project continues to develop interface and visualization features to facilitate use of these data. This effort includes continued development
and implementation of shared controlled vocabularies that will enable search and comparison of data from multiple states. Currently, one can search
across multiple states using a shared vocabulary for archaeological cultures / periods. See below for links to example searches:

Publication Note

Open Context published this dataset as part of a larger, multi-state data sharing and integration project, the Digital Index of North American Archaeology (DINAA), funded in 2012 by the National Science Foundation (award # 1216819 and 1217240). DINAA's team of university, public, and private sector researchers is developing models to publish and index archaeological information from large areas of eastern North America for free of charge access and reuse by all researchers, students, and enthusiasts. For more about the DINAA project, visit the project website.

Open Context editors work with data contributors to annotate datasets to shared vocabularies,
ontologies, and other standards using 'Linked Open Data' (LOD) methods.

The annotations presented above approximate some of the meaning in this contributed data record to concepts defined in shared standards.
These annotations are provided to help make datasets easier to understand and use with other datasets.

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Mapping Data

Note: This project approximates all location data from state archaeological site files to a ~16km X ~16km grid cell as a security measure. DINAA stores no exact location data from any archaeological site online. Contact the SHPO or archaeological site file manager in the state in question to obtain more specific information.